Senior Financial Analyst – Real Estate

AuditFriendly Careers • Chicago, IL • Full Time

Posted on Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Senior Financial Analyst – Real Estate
Chicago, IL (hybrid WFH, 3 days onsite in the loop, 2 days WFH)
Summary:
As a Senior Financial Analyst, you'll be joining a team of financial professionals responsible for real estate investment opportunity analysis, underwriting, monthly/quarterly investment performance reporting, asset management performance analysis, budgeting, reforecasting,etc.
You'll be responsible for preparing, analyzing and presenting reports around this type of real estate analysis.
If you are passionate about real estate (experience not required), unlocking value through financial analysis and enjoy interacting with executive stakeholders to present your findings, come join us today!
What you'll be doing

Aggregating and analyzing monthly real estate performance analysis through reporting: Includes extracting and aggregating portfolio data; preparing summary spreadsheets, graphs and tables; evaluating performance metrics; highlighting notable issues and trends; and developing meaningful and insightful commentary
Preparation and review quarterly Board materials: work with team on high profile deliverable presented to Blackstone senior real estate leadership team at the quarterly board meeting
Underwrite real estate opportunities in collaboration with the managers
Participate in the annual budget and reforecast processes: develop unit renovation and common area budgets; utilize budgeting templates and tools to develop initial budget; work interactively with various real estate teams to finalize the budget; prepare summary reports and communicate to executive leadership team
Assist the real estate teams in developing short, medium, and long-term strategies for each property
Administer training to operating partners on use of renovation systems and processes
Create and maintain financial and operational dashboards to better assist the asset management, pricing, and marketing teams
Vigilantly and proactively participate in continual process improvement initiatives
Develop processes that save time while maintaining the highest quality standards, design data rich and aesthetically pleasing, leverage internal and external resources to efficiently achieve goals
Prepare ad-hoc analyses for upper level management

Skills we're seeking

Bachelor's Degree, preferably in a finance, accounting or real estate focused field
1+ year of experience with Financial Analysis experience
Experience preparing financial reports, and providing recommendations based on your analysis
Experience interacting with and presenting findings to executive stakeholders
Must have strong Excel skills
Must have at least descent PowerPoint skills to assemble presentations of your financial analysis

Nice to have experience

Experience with Power BI (what we mainly use) or other reporting/dashboard development tools such as Tableau
SQL experience
Real estate experience

AuditFriendly salary estimate

The employer did not post a salary for this role. Based on AuditFriendly's salary intelligence model (comparable live postings, role, seniority, and location), we estimate base pay of $88,000–$111,000 per year (median ~$98,000). This is an AuditFriendly estimate, not an employer-provided figure.

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